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Friday, September 19, 2008

LILAC conference call

The call for papers for the 2009 LILAC (UK Information Literacy) conference has opened. The deadline is is 20th November 2008. The conference itself takkes place 30th March-1st April 2008. The conference themes are:Inquiry based learning and IL (Sponsored by the Centre for Inquiry Based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences);Emerging technologies;Information literacy for life (Sponsored by the University of Worcester);Supporting research.There are several possible formats: Short Papers (30 minutes); Long Papers (45 minutes); Demonstrations/ workshop sessions (1 hour); Symposiums (1 hour); Poster Presentations. More information at http://www.lilacconference.com/dw/2009/call%20for%20papers.htmPhoto by Sheila Webber: Sheffield, September 2008.

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Information Literacy is ...

"the adoption of appropriate information behaviour to identify, through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society." (Webber and Johnston)